Survival Instinct

rhyming quatrains

Survival instinct

 

If any sound seems threatening.

Then he reacts instinctively.

It takes him back immediately.

To when he faced the enemy.

 

As harsh experience taught him to.

Without a thought he dives for cover.

Though his fighting days are over.

His instincts quickly take over.

 

Such flash backs happen frequently

To men who fought in freedoms cause

Veterans who stayed the course.

But still have feelings of remorse.

 

For things that they were forced to do.

Merely in order to survive

To leave no enemy alive

By any means they could contrive.

 

Though he survived he suffers still

A sudden noise can take him back.

To when he was under attack

A victim of sudden flashback.

 

Civilians do not understand.

Why he reacts defensively

To any danger there might be

And never will most probably.

 

Friday, 09 March 2012

 

Reviews

[Donald Meikle]

most probably my friend most probably

[Jasmine]

Your seamless verse is admirable, as usual. I, as one of those civillians, can only imagine, but you made the process easier.

[J. J. Nightingale]

I KNOW A FEW WHO SUFFER P T S D .. .. SOME FIND RELIEF .. SOME SUFFER THEIR WHOLE LIFE LONG .. .. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS DISORDER TO LIGHT ..

I AM NEVER DISAPPOINTED .. YOU ROCK ... JASMINE

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PTSD is a horrible thing to live with. Not just for our veterans of war, but for all survivors of trauma. I very much appreciated the beauty you injected into such a horrible disorder that so many people have to face. Bravo!